The Mirny Diamond Mine pumped out shiny diamonds for decades, but experts never figured out how. The giant hole in the ground is a wellspring of mystery.
Throughout the entire history of spaceflight, only one cat has been successfully launched into space: a black-and-white female named Félicette in 1963.
Without Grace Muriel, our understanding of who Amelia Earhart was, what she accomplished, and even what may have happened to her, would be radically different.
The day after Thanksgiving is often marked shopping for deals and discounts. What can start out as a day of bargain hunting, though, can end in tragedy.
The Parthenon of Athens inspired architecture across the world, especially in 1897 when Nashville commissioned a replica for the Centennial Exposition.
You probably won't be able to buy the president's house any time soon — but, if the government could put the White House on the market, how much would they get?
To be respectful of the audience at home (and viewers all over the world) still reeling from World War II, the wedding was a bit more austere than usual.
On November 5, 2021, tragedy struck at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, when a massive crowd surge led to the deaths of eight people.